WGNA is launched its Hometown Hello Tour in Clifton Park over the weekend. Brian, Chrissy and Jess will visit a different city or town in the region each month. They'll meet listeners, run promotions and offer giveaways.

In honor of the premiere stop on the tour, we're talking Clifton Park and waxing nostalgic about the town that now boasts more than 35,000 residents.

Remember when ...

The Shen school district only had two elementary schools, instead of eight?Clifton Park Center was Clifton Country Mall — and totally enclosed with Lerner, The Gap, Deb, Weathervane and that killer prom dress store?Vent Fitness was Starburst rollerskating rink?Clifton Commons was empty fields?Upstate Concert Hall was Northern Lights?There was no Olive Garden ... nor Starbucks?